F-100D pilot assigned to the 510 TFS, 3 TFW, USAF, Bien Hoa
More than 122 combat sorties at time of KIA

Killed In Action Mission

During a close air support mission 40 miles northwest of Saigon, Capt Brinkman was attacking enemy vehicles seven miles north of Dau Tieng and was delivering his second load of napalm when the aircraft was hit by the blast from the explosion of its own ordnance. The Super Sabre crashed immediately giving Capt Brinkman no chance to eject.